This was so easy and helpful. I did my daughters first skirt last night and got it done in about 4 hours altogether. Thank you!

Thank you Billy JO. ! My 11 year old granddaughter and I made a ribbon skirt following your video to a T!...it worked and is beautiful, thank you again for your precise instruction.

@MountainSoulStudios

2 ай бұрын

This makes me so happy, thank you for your words 🥰

Thank you for teaching when some of us had Noone to learn from. ❤

@khauritompkins7540

4 ай бұрын

Girl, I’m in the same boat as you. No one to teach me. Thanks to Billie Jo, now I do ❤️❤️

Great video thank you! I watched your video and have made and donated ten skirts so far. I use a regular cheap glue stick and do French seams on the side .

Thus is THE BEST explanation of how to make a ribbon skirt! Thank you!!

Billie I am still on my ribbon skirt Making journey! Could you do a tutorial for how to do the ribbon fringe on the side?? I want to try more advanced techniques now!! Love this video, have rewatched many times! ❤️

Beautiful, thank you. I decided to make my own Sundance skirt. Again, Tank you. Pila Maye, Mitakuye Oyashin.

I have been combing through videos to gather steps to teach 12-14 years old how to make a ribbon skirt by creating my own written directions. THIS VIDEO IS BY FAR THE BEST. Thank-you! Easy to understand - espcially how to measure size!

Oh that fabric! I made a summer dress of it and just wore it to shreds!

I love that fabric and your ribbon color choices! Thank you for this easy to follow and understand tutorial!

I want to continue making ribbon skirts for when my Kohkom dies and goes joins my Moshom in the sky. I want to make a ribbon skirt for my mother and her 7 sisters to wear whenever they want

You have the best ribbon skirt tutorial. I used it once made my daughter a cute little skirt and forgot/lost the measurements. I returned and remembered how great your video was. Ahxéhee’.

Thank You for sharing your sewing craft knowledge. I've made four or five ribbon skirts. I've got more on the way. 💙💜💙💜🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Chi miigwech (thank you) for this! I'm making my first ribbon skirt to give to my little sister for Christmas this year but needed some help with the logistics of it. Ive sewn lots before but never a ribbon skirt so this is really helpful! Thank you for taking the time to put this up online!

I am making mine today. Thank you for this instruction.

this was so detailed and very explanatory, thank you so much! cant wait to start my ribbon skirt making journey!

Thanks so much for showing your teachings. Awesome video

Thank you for explaining it so simply! It looks so good. I’m actually watching for the ribbon part so I can put some ribbon on a sweat dress but now I want to make a ribbon skirt too!

I love watching ribbon skirt tutorials 😊 Can't wait to try my first ribbon skirt. Following your tutorial btw 😊👍

Love this! You are so good at explaining how to do it.

The way you fold, measure and cut your fabric is foolproof!! The two identical pieces leave less room for my errors! Thank you for sharing. (Btw i have the same fabric)

Thank you for the tutorial. Very simple instructions and well demonstrated.

Sgi (thank you) I’m going to use this tutorial to make Mommy/daughter matchies ❤️❤️❤️

When you have to watch tutorials because your grandma doesn't sew 😂 Nokomis only embroidered but that was a long time ago.

Thank you, i appreciate the extra information and the measuring methods. It is interesting to see the different methods ladies are using to make their beautiful skirts. I have given my daughter a sewing machine and am having fun sending her videos on the skirts. It will be fun to see what we turn out with. Thanks and be safe and blessed.

Yes was very helpful watching video thinking of sewing a skirt. Thank you for that!!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge was very helpful

Thank you for your tutorial. It's easy and turns out great each time.

I really want to tell you how much gratitude I have for you! Thank you for posting this video, I followed your steps and just completed my first ribbon skirt to wear to ceremony...

Beautiful!!! I am going to try this you explained it all really well I hope I can make one as pretty as yours came out ! 💜🌿🏵

Wonderful project and such a beautiful skirt! One tip for home sewing beginners: You are probably making a skirt out of one kind of fabric like cotton or rayon and the ribbon will probably be made of something different, like a synthetic, so when you wash it, don't dry it on high heat or the fabric and the ribbon may shrink at different rates and develop puckering.

@bythebayou5351

3 жыл бұрын

Prewash the fabric. Prewash the ribbon by putting it in hot water with a tiny amount of soap & swishing it around. You can avoid tangling by keeping the ribbon loosely coiled & secured with a paper clip or rubber band. Leave it in hot water for at least 15". Then rinse well with cool water.

@n8vgirl271

2 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS wash, dry, and iron your fabric before sewing.

@northernprovisions5679

2 жыл бұрын

@@n8vgirl271 I already know this is a dumb question but as I’m watching this I keep seeing people say it.. and I am curious why so please don’t be mean, but why must you wash it before? Is it simply to clean it?? (Which makes sense) or is there more reasons?

@fskcmc

Жыл бұрын

​@@northernprovisions5679 You wash fabric prior to sewing so that if it shrinks at all, it's before you made your project.

Thank you for this tutorial 😊👍

Brilliant tutorial! Thank you so much

Thanks so much great tutorial

Hi! Love the easy to follow pattern. I didn't hear anything on the measurements for the length of the elastic band, only that it was 5/8 inch. I'm going to be gathering my materials for my 1st ribbon skirt project. I'm feeling excited! Thank you for sharing! Your skirt turned out beautifully.

@Ashlentheman

Жыл бұрын

I am also wondering about the measurements for the elastic band also. I am on my ribbon skirt journey also. I’m so excited to be learning

@MountainSoulStudios

Жыл бұрын

I usually do about 2/3 of the waist measurements for the elastic

Fantastic directions. Thanks.

Thank you your explanation is perfect

Beautiful choice of ribbon and fabric! I will be making these for the women in my family for Xmas gifts.

@MountainSoulStudios

5 жыл бұрын

foofighters4evr I’d love to see pics of finished Skirts, please ask questions if you need more help , happy sewing ✂️✂️✂️

Thank you Billy! My daughter wanted one for her 8th grade graduation and so simple with your tutorial thank you!

Great tutorial! 😎

Wow, such a great job and a great teacher! I am sew ribbon on a shirt to make myself a ribbon shirt and this was alot of help! Waewaenon (thank you)

Thank you for getting to the point! very clear and easy to explain. Watched others and they talk way too much lol I make quilts (starblankets) and bags. Self-teaching how to make Ribbon Skirts :)

I'm going to try making a ribbon skirt this weekend, this tutorial is awesome, very clear and I feel confident after watching. Thanks :)

Thank you so much! You make me want to go grab my stuff rn ❤

I love the colors thou choose!

Beautiful work.

Thank you, made a ribbon skirt for my grad.

You’re a good teacher

You are a very good instructor

thanks for sharing.

I love your videos! They are awesome! So easy to understand. Wopila tanka iciciye!

Thanks so much, super helpful! easy to follow

So cute!!!!

Beautiful

Just wanted you to know I finished my first skirt!! The only thing Is mine came out way to big with these measurements so I’ll have to make it smaller next time. But it was my first time ever using a sewing machine and everything and I did it! I made my first skirt!!! ❤️

@illnesssucksfindfunn

4 жыл бұрын

Did you use your own measurements?

@ItsDigitalGameBreak

4 жыл бұрын

.......wait a minute.. ...0.0

@bythebayou5351

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Good for you! Love your ambition & courage! Keep it up!

@HarleyMarley13

3 жыл бұрын

@@bythebayou5351 I am still making them! Thank you!

Thank You!

Chi meguiich. Very helpful. 🙏🏼💕

You did a beautiful job

Pretty straight forward thank u other videos make it sound complicated

Warigroxi ki for sharing! This is so helpful.

Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge, I'm super new to sewing and I feel confident I can do this now.

@bythebayou5351

3 жыл бұрын

You go, girl! Fair leads,

Neat work 🤗🤗

Beatifull!😍

Thanks!

Wow thank you

TKY.SWEETIE, I am going to start my skirt tomorrow. I know that I will love it.💝❤

@MountainSoulStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Maggie Durnford let me know if you have any questions

Miigwech for this! It’s helped me so much!

Thank u so much

Excellent tutorial. You are a great teacher. How do you add pockets?

Thanks

You make it look so easy. Would you use the same method for a kid's ribbon skirt?

Such a Fantastic Tutorial. Easy to follow and understand. My Lil Grand daughter has wanted a Ribbon Skirt for so long. Now I can make her one😊👍🏼. Do you wash & press the Ribbon as well, before sewing with it?

I am working on making a friend a ribbon skirt. Q. If I'm to cut the elastic 11" for it to expand to 40," do I add a bit more for a zig zag stitch to tack the elastic together? I am thankful you explained about the hem width in relation to the waist measurements. The way you measured the line for the side seam made the A frame design clearer in my head. I hope to hear from you. Thank you.

Very good tutorial. Easy to follow, the only thing is that still in the United States we use inches and feet, yards. 1 meter is 39 inches not 36. So I had to get 2 1/4 yards to equal 2 meters. My mistake, I keep forgetting that every one else uses cm,mm, and meters. Thank you for making it easy to follow.

I always.. prep my fabric by first cutting off the White stripe ends. Or ends.. Then I put it into a bucket with hot water... I let the fabric set for about half an hour...It lets the excess dye come off.. and the fabric shrink and relax.. then I dump it in my tub.. then I hang the fabric out to dry.. I do the same with ribbon expect I dry it under a hot iron.. what this does is loosen up the material. This helps to avoid the bumps you get in the piece.. giving the work a nice smooth look.. hope this is helpful !?

@bythebayou5351

3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Be especially careful with red fabrics. I always soak reds twice or until the water remains clear & no further dye is released.

Love the video I didn't hear or see the amount of fabric you started with nor the length of the elastic. Thanks

Thank you for sharing! Would you please do a tutorial on applique? I have been trying to teach myself how to sew using the satin stich. And a tutorial would be very helpful.

@MountainSoulStudios

5 жыл бұрын

Angela Eaglesbeauty thank you for watching , please subscribe to my channel , my next tutorial will be a more detailed video on sizing and measurements, and then an appliqué tutorial

@MountainSoulStudios

5 жыл бұрын

I've just added an Applique tutorial kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIpn26izgtKahc4.html

Yay!!!! I made my first ribbon skirt based on this video!! Thank you sooo much!! Can you recommend a safe way to wash the skirt? Thank you again!!!

@bythebayou5351

3 жыл бұрын

Good on you! Congratulations! If you used cotton fabric, I hope you prewashed it & that it is colorfast. I would turn the skirt inside out & wash it like any cotton garment with similar colors. Good luck!

Is there a significance between the ribbons being separated or together? I read something about it before but I don't remember exactly... Miigwech for sharing I am looking forward to starting my ribbon skirt. Betty's of Fort Frances sent me here!

Hi Billie, I have enjoyed your video, several times now. As a result, I have finished sewing three rainbow ribbon skirts for my girls. Two granddaughters and my daughter for the 45th annual restoration Pow Wow this coming weekend in Lincoln City at our tribe's casino Chinook Winds. OH yes, it is my first time sewing ribbon skirts. I have a question for you. Do you know the story of the ribbon skirt? Just wanted to share that with my girls as well. Thank you for your awesome tutorial. Truly, V

💞

I notice you didn't cut the Selvedge off. In a sewing class the instructor told us to cut the Selvedge off as it has tiny holes in it from the factory; the pins leave holes in the fabric as that is the way the fabric is rolled onto a drum. I've learned the hard way and that is to cut it off or it can mess up your sewing. Just a thought.Nice work. Thank you!!!

Thank you for sharing! How long of elastic should I use?

@MountainSoulStudios

5 жыл бұрын

Alexandra Smith if the skirt is for you , stretch it around your waist at a comfortable tightness that you prefer, and add an inch for sewing together, elastic is tricky because they all have a different stretch to them, the elastic I use is about 2/3 of the waist measurement

@alexandsmith1985

5 жыл бұрын

@@MountainSoulStudios thank you! The skirt is for me! I will give it a try!

How do you measure the elastic for the waist ?

Hello.. How do you measure elastic for someone else? I've heard use a hand length from the original waist measurement and, cut it off or; cut 5 inches from the original waist measurement. What would you prefer or how do you go about it? Thanks in advance.

@MountainSoulStudios

5 жыл бұрын

Kimri Coan yes cut 5-7” off elastic

About how far up from the bottom seam do you measure for the first row of ribbon?

🥰🥰❤️

HEY THERE, LOVE THE VIDEO. CAN YOU DO SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE MEASUREMENTS FOR THE WAIST. LET ME KNOW IF I HAVE THIS CORRECTLY... MY WAIST IS 50 INCHES. HALF OF 50 IS 25 50+25= 75 75/4= 18.75 INCHES SO I'D USE MY RULER (AFTER FOLDING TWICE, GIVING ME 4 LAYERS) I'D MARK MY WAIST PART OF MY FABRIC AT 18.75in RIGHT?? AND THEN HOW DO I ESTIMATE ENOUGH TO CUT FOR A FOOD STRIDE?? IS IT ALWAYS 15 AT MY ANKLE??

@Woodsie.

4 жыл бұрын

This is a good question. If the top is cut at 18.75 and the bottom at 15 the bottom will be much narrower than the top.🤔🤷🏽‍♀️

@nicolekiogima7959

4 жыл бұрын

I'm having the same problem with the stride measurements.

@TrollinwithmyGnomies

3 жыл бұрын

considering she added 2 inches for the 13 inches i would think probably consider adding 4 inches myself. It does seem like how tall you are can affect how much you need for stride might be something you have to play around with a bit?

Is quilting cotton same as regular cotton for Ribbon skirts?

I appreciate the tutorial, very informative. I did want to ask why did you add the 15 to the 30 if 30 is the waist measurement. Will is always be 15'' or half the waist size? For example, waist size 49+24.5=73.5÷4=18.375. This was way too large of a waist for the individual. Or is this how big the bottom of the skirt is to be for the stride of the person? Just wondering why you added 15 if because half of 30 waistline or of always 15. We end up not using the math equation for the persons waist but did use the length but still wanting to know for future reference. Thank you.

@MountainSoulStudios

5 жыл бұрын

R Butterfly Hello , thank you for the question, where to start?!? There are so many styles and ways of making them , I always add at least 10-15” to the waist/hip measurement, however, a person could add as many inches as they’d like, depending how full they want their skirt, I vary the measurement depending on custom order preference. So if your waist measurement is 49 , you can add as little as 10 or 15” to that . If you add 15” ◼️◼️◼️ it will be 49+15=64. 64➗4= 16”, your waist measurement would be 16” , so you would carry that measurement down to the bottom measurement, instead of 15 at the bottom , you would do at least a 16” bottom measurement , or larger if you prefer, I hope this makes sense , I think I need to do a measurement video ,

@rbutterfly4264

5 жыл бұрын

@@MountainSoulStudios on so the plus 10 or 15 is to get the bottom measurement? But the waist measurement would still be 49(plus 1in for seam)÷4? First time doing a skirt and want to make a nice one to my niece who will send me her measurements.

@michaelsashayoung8519

5 жыл бұрын

The fabric glue and 505 will help me so much.... I'm always struggling with the ribbon shifting and moving even with a thousand pjns. Great tips. Thank you! Do either glues create a problem if ironed?

How do you keep your needle from getting sticky from the spray? I have that problem and then my stitches don’t come out right

@redwillowcreations6919

4 жыл бұрын

I saw on another video in the comments, that someone puts a dab of corn oil on the tip of the sewing needle every so often and it helps she said.

If you use s glue stick, do you need to wait for it to dry so the ribbon hold?

@loristrout4741

4 жыл бұрын

YES or it can stick to your needle. However I believe it is better than the spray stuff as it does not get on other surfaces as you spray.

The added 15” on the hip/waist measurement, is that for the top or bottom of the skirt? If it’s for the top, what 15”? Thank you in advance.

@sheena2007

5 жыл бұрын

Why*

is there a way to do the elastic so the elastics only in the backside of the skirt? im autistic and mine has all way around elastic and i dont like it, how do i adjust waist measurement for half elastic? would i rly have to adjust the measurement or can i just sneaky extra gather the back waist? i was in foster care and my kokos an mmiw and my mom died, i didnt have anyone to teach me this stuff so thanks for ur videos

Did you but your fabric into 2 pieces a front and a back? Also if you did how did you cut it into pieces?

@MountainSoulStudios

5 жыл бұрын

One piece, 2 meters. , folded in half and then folded in half again , So it’s one piece folded 2 times , mark measurements as shown and when it’s cut, you end up with 2 pieces, the front and back

Is it ok to just do a drawstring at the waist?

This is probably a dumb question...on each ribbon, did you sew both sides down or just the top? Wado!

Mo sepk'eec'a, I am making my first ribbon skirt and I wanted to ask when half the biggest measurement and it came out as 22.5. Do I just use the 22 or 22.5?

@MountainSoulStudios

10 ай бұрын

No you use 1/4 of the measurements Your waist + 10 = Then divide it by 4

I have a question! If I am doing a 18 inch waist (13 in your tutorial), how large should the bottom measurement be for the skirt? Would it be safe to add +3-4 inches and go with that measurement for the bottom?

@MountainSoulStudios

Ай бұрын

Yes you could add 3-4 inches or you could draw a line straight down and also have 18 inches at the bottom

Thank you! I have some questions, if that's okay. Is it okay for a non-native to wear this skirt? What kind of shirt would you wear with it?

@rhondicee4061

4 жыл бұрын

But this was taken from the Spanish. Lol.

@rhondicee4061

4 жыл бұрын

Like your last name. Rocha.

@rhondicee4061

4 жыл бұрын

Go ahead. Make it. I'm a grandma. Her elder

@cherokeered4970

4 жыл бұрын

@@rhondicee4061 they weren't taken from the Spanish and also we were given white last names by the government when they killed us all so you can't call her out on her last name. And if you arent native you cant tell us what we can or cant consider cultural appropriation.

@sharonmccarthy8690

4 жыл бұрын

You can wear any shirt you want and you don't have to be First Nation to wear it AND I am a Plains Cree Indian from Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6 territory here on Turtle Island and I say it's okay!